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Jaime Foutch's two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the thirdbroke a scoreless tie and Kendall Richards scored what proved to be thewinning run on a wild pitch in the fourth to lead the WPSL All-Stars to a 4-2 victory over WPSL Gold in game one of a doubleheader Thursday at KiwanisField in Salem, Va., in the WPSL Tour of Fastpitch Champions. WPSL Goldearned a split as Teri Klement-Goldberg singled home two runs and LisaFernandez pitched her second shutout in as many nights in a 2-0 victory overthe WPSL All-Stars.

Kellyn Tate walked with one out in the third and Patti Benedict followedwith a single. Danielle Cox bounced out to pitcher Danielle Henderson,moving the runners to second and third. Foutch fell behind 0-2 in the countbefore lacing a double to right-center field to score both runners and givethe All-Stars a 2-0 lead.

"I came up there being aggressive," said Foutch. "I was looking forsomething close and it just happened to be over the plate."

Crystl Bustos led off the top of the fourth with an opposite field homerun well beyond the right field fence to cut the All-Stars' lead to 2-1. TheAll-Stars answered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth without thebenefit of a hit.

Kendall Richards and Lyndsey Klein drew back-to-back walks to open theinning, and advanced to second and third on Julie Smith's sacrifice.Richards scored on a wild pitch and Klein scored on Julie Crandall'ssacrifice fly to make the score 4-1.

WPSL Gold added a run in the sixth on a solo home run by Lisa Fernandez.Gold threatened in the top of the seventh, putting runners on first andthird with one out, but a fly out and line out ended the threat and thegame.

WPSL All-Stars pitcher Amy Kyler scattered six hits, including the twosolo home runs.

"They were fat pitches against two of the best hitters and that's whatthey should do it," Kyler said of the two home run balls. "I was nervouscoming into this trip because we've been off for so long. Before we went onour big break, I was feeling confident. Throwing last night, I'm glad I gotto throw before my start tonight." Kyler pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings inrelief Wednesday night.

In the second game, a two-out rally in the third inning proved to be thedifference. Laura Berg opened the inning with what was originally ruled aninfield single, but the umpire reversed the call after determining thatJulie Smith did have her foot on the bag before Berg reached base. AfterBustos grounded out to third, Fernandez, Jennifer Brundage and Sheila Doutyfollowed with consecutive singles to load the bases, bringing up Klement-Goldberg, who didn't expect to bat again in the game.

"It was pretty crazy how everything happened because I was pretty farback in the lineup," said Klement-Goldberg. "Coach (Judy Martino) had justtold me that Jackie (Lance) was going in for me defensively, but if I got upto bat that inning I would hit. It was so far away and we had two outs, butthen things started happening and it was great."

Klement-Goldberg hit a bouncer over the head of Richards at third base,scoring Fernandez and Brundage with the only runs of the game.

"I had been struggling the past couple games and it was nice to get inthere and redeem myself a bit," said Klement-Goldberg. "It wasn't the besthit, but it was still a hit, we scored the runs and that was all thatmattered."

A crowd of 2,105 attended Thursday's doubleheader, one day after a season-high 3,136 fans watched Wednesday's contest. Attendance was boosted by theASA 18-Under Softball National Championship being held in Salem.

The tour resumes August 17-18 with a three-game series at Akron, Ohio.The tour concludes August 28-29 in Omaha, Neb. Visit the WPSL web site for boxscores, play-by-plays and additional information about the tour.